World League

Swaan FC
Spectators: 8095 (Terracing: 6073, Seating: 1861, VIP seats: 161) Gong Qi Fan made the kick off and thus started the match. If Mathijs Rokeloos had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 3rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. In the 3rd minute Mathijs Rokeloos shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Andreas Andersson saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 10th match minute, KFC Cromvelde was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by 沈笑伟 to maneuver through the defense. KFC Cromvelde's Jean-Louis Van Bever proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 12th minute of the match, managed to save KFC Cromvelde from getting a goal against them. Mathijs Rokeloos might have been able to make a better finish in the 20th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Andreas Andersson. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Mathijs Rokeloos ran back to his position shaking his head. An unexpectedly hard shot by Mathijs Rokeloos in the 21st minute of play forced Börna Bulldogs's goalkeeper Andreas Andersson to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. When the match clock showed 23 minutes, the score became 1-0 when Gong Qi Fan sped through KFC Cromvelde's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Jean-Louis Van Bever. Xiao Zhen Jian could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 29th minute of the match, but Jean-Louis Van Bever made a huge save. Jean-Louis Van Bever made an important save on a dangerous shot by Gong Qi Fan in the 36th minute. Basilio Nafarroa kicked well hit freekick during the 39th minute of the match. After a rather tough play, Börna Bulldogs's Basilio Nafarroa got a free kick in the 41st minute. 44 minutes into the match, KFC Cromvelde's goalkeeper Jean-Louis Van Bever had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Xiao Zhen Jian. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Mathijs Rokeloos in the 46th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Andreas Andersson prevented the ball from getting in the gole. 47 minutes into the match, KFC Cromvelde's goalkeeper Jean-Louis Van Bever had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Gong Qi Fan. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 1-0 at half-time.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Mathijs Rokeloos was the one to do the kick off. When Basilio Nafarroa came up free with the goalie in the 54th minute, the Börna Bulldogs fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Basilio Nafarroa couldn't finish the play. KFC Cromvelde's Herman Frans collided with an opponent after 55 minutes. He was hit so badly that he fractured his arm. Pawel Grabowicz hit a great freekick 56 minutes into the match. Andreas Andersson made an important save on a dangerous shot by Mathijs Rokeloos in the 59th minute. In the 63rd minute Xiao Zhen Jian shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Jean-Louis Van Bever saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The audience was convinced that Gong Qi Fan's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Jean-Louis Van Bever was relentless in the 65th minute of the game. An unexpectedly hard shot by Xiao Zhen Jian in the 69th minute of play forced KFC Cromvelde's goalkeeper Jean-Louis Van Bever to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After a defensive mix-up in KFC Cromvelde's zone, Gong Qi Fan stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Jean-Louis Van Bever came out of the goal and Gong Qi Fan tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. KFC Cromvelde's Dé 武松 was substituted for Eugenio Cirulli. In the 78th minute, Gong Qi Fan ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Jean-Louis Van Bever was frozen by the shot and now it was 2-0. 83 minutes into the match, Gong Qi Fan had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Jean-Louis Van Bever. KFC Cromvelde's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Gong Qi Fan was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 3-0. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Gong Qi Fan in the 89th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Jean-Louis Van Bever saved KFC Cromvelde from getting behind. In the 93rd minute Matias Svahn shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Jean-Louis Van Bever saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Matias Svahn in the 93rd minute of play forced KFC Cromvelde's goalkeeper Jean-Louis Van Bever to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Börna Bulldogs's supporters were delighted with their team's performance and swarmed onto the pitch at the end of the match to celebrate the victory with the players.